Vroege aardappelen

The 2016 early potato season ended on the 10th of August. And according to the Lower Saxony Potato Producers Association the early potato harvest was satisfactory.

In the German Pfalz region, farmers officially kicked off the harvest of the first German new potatoes. A former soccer player on the national team, Hans-Peter Briegel, was named Pfalz potato ambassador for the season 2016/17.

The first early potatoes from Spain (Seville and Cartagena) are expected to be harvested more than two weeks earlier than last season due to the warm winter.

The drought on the Canary Islands will especially hurt the potato sub-sector, according to government sources.

Tesco Northern Ireland’s commercial manager Cliff Kells has confirmed that sales of ‘Comber’ potatoes more than doubled, year-on-year, in local Tesco outlets during the months of July and August.

Summer is the perfect season for a laidback lunch in the sun and what could be a better accompaniment for a BBQ or al fresco dining than a bowl of tasty, fresh new potatoes. This summer treat yourself to the freshest and best with Freshly harvested Ayrshire and East Lothian Potatoes available from Tesco stores in Scotland.

There was a time when Italian new potatoes ruled the Central and Northern European markets, but this is ancient history.

Furious potato growers are going head to head with supermarkets and restaurants in a campaign to reclaim the "British New Potato".

The Council of Agriculture and Water of the Spanish Region of Murcia estimates this year's potato production to reach 100,027 tonnes;an increase of 27% compared to the previous campaign.

Greenvale, the UK’s leading potato supplier, will be celebrating the return of this season’s British Gems baby new potatoes in Sainsbury’s with a marketing campaign heralding the great British summer and a season jam-packed with iconic British events.

Despite suffering a downward trend in recent years and the general crisis, the sector of the Andalusian Early Potato, encompassed in Asociafruit, expects a fruitful campaign. Although the reduction in area slows down to around 10-15% over last season...

Groothandelaar Willem Dijk AFG in Enschede heeft woensdag het eerste kistje geveilde Opperdoezer Ronde aardappelen gekocht.

Het areaal van vroege aardappelen neemt volgens het Spaanse ministerie van landbouw met 7% toe tot 13.000 ha.

The first imports of Maltese grown potatoes to the Netherlands have arrived in Tilburg at the Jansen Dongen BV, a Dutch company that specialises in the growing, packing and selling of potatoes.

"The season of the Israeli organic primeur potatoes runs well"Bart Nemegheer of the Aardappelhoeve tells enthusiastically. "This is mainly because of the lovely spring weather. It is really so that when the sun shines people buy more pri...

In Duitsland zijn de eerste vroege aardappelen geplant. In de Pfalz, traditioneel het vroegste teeltgebied van Noord West Europa waar de aardappelen de eerste periode onder plastic worden geteeld, was men al eind februari gestart met de aanplant . Mo...

Comber early potatoes have been granted protected geographical indication(PGI) status under European law.

De eerste truck met echte voorjaarsoogst Malta-aardappelen is vanmorgen per truck bij Aardappelgroothandel Altena in Wijk en Aalburg gearriveerd.